Jayalalithaa launches 24×7 Amma call centre

The ‘Amma Call Centre’, which will work all through the year, was launched by the Chief Minister here through video-conferencing.

With three months to go for Assembly elections, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Tuesday launched an Amma call centre for people to register grievances about government departments.

A government statement said the helpline (toll-free number 1100) will be open round-the-clock, and promised that grievances directed to the concerned departments would be resolved. Some 138 call operators have been engaged to run the call centre, which is expecting 15,000 calls a day.

The Amma call centre is considered as an extension of CM’s cell, where she receives petitions from the public directly or by post or e-mail.